La Vita Grill & Cafe
A City of Tampa building permit describes a first-occupancy buildout for La Vita Grill & Cafe, a fast-food restaurant on E Fowler Ave.
Building permits describe planned work. They don’t guarantee that a business will open or when.
What we spotted
- Activity
- New place
- Category
- Eat & drink
- Kind of place
- Fast-food restaurant
Where
2701 E Fowler Ave
Tampa, FL 33612
City of Tampa neighborhood: University Square. Open in a map
The evidence
| Permit | Type | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLD-25-0518692 | Commercial Building Alterations (Renovations) | Sept. 3, 2025 | Issued |
Permit numbers link to each record on the City of Tampa’s permitting site. Status is as the City listed it on Sept. 25, 2026.
When we spotted it
This permit was already active when Tampa Thinks started watching City permits on Sept. 25, 2026. We found it in the existing permits. That isn’t when it was filed, and it doesn’t make it new.
What this means
A building permit is the City’s record of planned construction work. It doesn’t mean a business will open, and it doesn’t say when. Plans change, tenants change, and some permitted work is never finished.
The sentence above is written from the permit’s details by fixed rules. Where the permit leaves something out, such as the tenant, we say so rather than guess. We don’t republish the permit’s own text. How Spotted works.